Abstract
This article describes a 27-year-old patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) who underwent emergency sigmoid colostomy, Hartmann's pouch, and presacral drainage for rectal perforation. Three months later, he underwent uneventful elective colostomy closure, a procedure previously unreported in an AIDS patient. He remained without gastrointestinal symptoms for 14 months after colostomy closure until he died from central nervous system toxoplasmosis. A diagnosis of AIDS alone should not preclude colostomy closure in AIDS patients.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 469-471 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Journal of the National Medical Association |
Volume | 86 |
Issue number | 6 |
State | Published - Jun 1994 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Medicine